diff --git a/src/applications/phid/PhabricatorObjectHandle.php b/src/applications/phid/PhabricatorObjectHandle.php
--- a/src/applications/phid/PhabricatorObjectHandle.php
+++ b/src/applications/phid/PhabricatorObjectHandle.php
@@ -338,6 +338,37 @@
     }
 
     $circle = null;
+
+    // Show a small star on new user accounts - https://we.phorge.it/T15675
+    if ($this->getType() == PhabricatorPeopleUserPHIDType::TYPECONST) {
+      $user = id(new PhabricatorPeopleQuery())
+        ->setViewer(PhabricatorUser::getOmnipotentUser())
+        ->withUsernames(array($name))
+        ->executeOne();
+      if ($user->canEstablishWebSessions()) { // exclude bots and mailing lists
+        $userAccountAge = time() - $user->getDateCreated();
+        $userIsNew = $userAccountAge < (60 * 60 * 24 * 30); // 30 days
+        $query = id(new PhabricatorFeedQuery())
+          ->setViewer(PhabricatorUser::getOmnipotentUser())
+          ->withFilterPHIDs(array($this->getPHID()))
+          ->setLimit(6)
+        ->setReturnPartialResultsOnOverheat(true);
+        $stories = $query->execute();
+
+        if (count($stories) < 6 || $userIsNew) {
+          $circle = array(
+            phutil_tag(
+              'span',
+              array(
+                'class' => 'phui-person-new-user-account',
+              ),
+              "\xE2\x98\x86"),
+            ' ',
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     if ($this->availability != self::AVAILABILITY_FULL) {
       $classes[] = 'handle-availability-'.$this->availability;
       $circle = array(